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Englishhard row to hoe
Meaning: A difficult task.
Example: “Raising three kids alone while studying was a hard row to hoe.”
Origin: American farming English from the early 19th century. Hoeing a row of crops in hard, stony or weedy ground is exhausting work. Davy Crockett used "a hard row to hoe" in 1835.
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